Famous Quotes | Without thinking highly either...

Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small for tune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want. - Jane Austen
Attribution: Jane Austen (1775–1817), British novelist. Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, ch. 22 (1813).

Categories: Fortune, Happiness, Marriage

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